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The attack on the Chinese convoy near the vital southwestern port of Gwadar, Pakistan on Sunday, can be a major setback for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it has created an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty which can affect investment.

According to reports, the increasing frequency of assaults in Pakistan targeting Chinese nationals and infrastructure projects has prompted major worries about the safety and stability of foreign investment. As these attacks continue, the consequences affect not just bilateral ties with China but also the larger environment of recruiting and maintaining foreign investment.

Hawaii faces an increasingly ominous adversary, wildfires. The recent ravaging of Maui serves as a stark reminder that climate change has made even the most paradisiacal locales and lush tropical places susceptible to wildfires. 

The deadly wildfires have devastated the historic town of Lahaina, on the island of Maui.

More than 2,100 acres of Lahaina land were destroyed in the wildfires.

India and China agreed to resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh in an expeditious manner, a joint statement said on Tuesday, a day after the two sides concluded two-day military talks.

"The two sides had a positive, constructive and in-depth discussion on the resolution of the remaining issues along the LAC in the Western Sector," it said.

"In line with the guidance provided by the leadership, they exchanged views in an open and forward looking manner," the statement added.

China is running major psyops against Narendra Modi to restrict his return as India’s prime minister in 2024, government officials told CNN-News18 on Monday. Modi is the first PM who took strong steps against China after the Galwan clashes, they added.

No government in India after 1947 spent the kind of money on border infrastructure that the Modi administration did in the past nine years, they said. There has been remarkable road development by the BRO in Arunachal Pradesh, Leh, and other areas near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), officials said.

Taiwan is claimed by China, which has vowed to take the democratic island one day -- by force, if necessary -- and ramped up political and military pressure against it.

China on Sunday vowed "resolute and forceful measures" over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice President William Lai to the United States.

Lai -- the front runner in Taiwan's presidential elections next year -- is officially making only transit stops in the United States en route to and from Paraguay, where he will attend the inauguration of president-elect Santiago Pena.